While Australia hits record levels of new COVID-19 cases and deaths, New Zealand sees its numbers declining after a surge from the Delta variant.
Meanwhile, South Korea has extended social distancing curbs before a holiday, while Taiwan gets its first batch of Pfizer vaccines.
Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler takes a look at COVID-19 in the Asia Pacific region.

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